English Tangier

English Tangier was a colony of England between 1661 and 1684. The Moroccan city of Tangier was granted to King Charles II of England by Portugal after Charles married Catherine of Braganza, renewing the Anglo-Portuguese alliance; Spain, Portugal's enemy, opposed the treaty, while the Kingdom of France supported it. The English garrisoned and fortified the city, and the cost of maintaining the garrison rose after Morocco was unified. Fearing a Moroccan takeover and an economic crisis, the English blew up Tangier in 1684 and evacuated the city, which became a part of Morocco.